Deodorizing device



y 5, 1942- N. A. GLASKOWSKY 2,281,760

DEODORIZING DEVICE Filed Oct. 16, 1940 W i.- a a Patented May 5, 1942DEODORIZING DEVICE Nicholas A. Glaskowsky, Westfield, Mass., assignor toStanleyHome Products, Inc., Westfield, Mass., a corporation ofMassachusetts Application October 16, 1940, Serial No. 361,425

1' Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in deodorizing devices and it isdirected more particularly to a novel deodorizing device consistingprimarily of a body or cake of a deodorizing material, such asparadichloro-benzene crystals or the like, so arranged that the desiredgas or gases may be expelled through evaporation or the like so as toaccomplish the desired results, and having a means for attaching thesame to a support.

As will appear in this specification, the construction is such that thedevice may be suspended from a nail or the like on a wall of a closetand as a special feature of my invention, the suspension or hangingmeans is novelly associated with the deodorizing body so as to beintegral therewith and, consequently, to be capable of being packagedtherewith.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a deodorizing devicewhich is compact in its form so as to be easy and economical to package,ship, and store and which, at the same time, has all of the advantagesof the more bulky and less economical odorizers heretofore known in thetrade.

My invention further provides for a unique hanger which may be easilyincorporated with the working body.

With the foregoing and various other novel features and advantages andother objects of my invention as will become more apparent as thedescription thereof proceeds, my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and in the combination and arrangement of partsas will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claimhereunto annexed and more fully described and referred to in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is an end elevational view of a modified form of my deodorizingdevice;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the form shown in Fig. 1, with dot-dash linesto explain certain features of my invention;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the packaged device of the form shownin Figs. 1 and 2, with parts thereof in section and dot-dash lines forpurposes of explanation;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the suspension means of the device of myinvention in extended relation for purposes of clarity.

Referring now to the drawing more in detail, wherein similar referencefigures refer to like parts, and referring more particularly to thepreferred form of my invention which has been selected for illustrativepurposes, I have shown a body, or what I sometimes call a cake, of adeodorizing material which is represented by the characteristic 50.

This member 50 may take any desired shape or size and in the form shownin the accompanying drawing, it is rectangular. It may be formed ofvarious fume-emitting materials, such as paradichloro-benzene crystalswhich may be pressed into a, cake. It is to be remembered, however, thatthe chemical characteristics of the body do not form a part of myinvention and that the novel features which I claim are directed merelyto the physical construction of the device.

It is common, when forming cakes, to press or to compress the chemicalmaterials in a mould of the desired form. According to my invention,some of the material is placed in a mould and I place therein theretaining part of a hanger device, which is indicated generally by thecharacter as shown in Fig. 4.

In the drawing I have shown the cake 50 as having a covering or wrappingmember 52 associated therewith. This member 52 may consist of a sheet ofpaper such as Cellophane, with the marginal edge portions of the wrapperbeing brought into adjacency at one side or end of the cake.

A hanging device, indicated generally by the numeral 60 is shown in Fig.4 and it is preferably formed from a strip of bendable metal. This haswhat I call a connecting part 62, an apertured attaching part 64 and aretaining part 66.

The retaining part 66 is relatively reduced in width with respect to thepart 62 and is adapted to be inserted into one side of the cake andextend entirely therethrough with a portion projecting outwardly beyondthe opposite side of the cake. The projecting portion is then bentupwardly to lie adjacent said opposite side of the cake and theninwardly to overlie its top as shown in Fig. 1.

The attaching portion 64 is provided with an aperture 10 forfacilitating hanging of the device on a wall as upon a nail. It also hasan aperture 68 for receiving the outer free end of the part 66 when thepart 64 is bent over the top of the cake, as shown.

According to the preferred method of formation of the device of theinvention, there is provided a cake or block of the deodorizing materialand the cover member or sleeve-like member is provided thereover. Thecake or block is usually formed in a suitable mold and the sleeve membermay be placed in the mold before the deodorizing material is pouredtherein if it is so desired.

Manifestly the specific details of construction may be considerablyvaried from those herein shown and described without involving anydeparture from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of theadvantages inherent there- 'in. While I have described my invention inthis specification in great detail and particularly with respect to thepresent preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limited theretosince many changes and modifications may be made therein Withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention may be embodied in otherspe'cific forms without departingfrom the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the presentembodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely asbeing illustrative and not as beingrestrictive, the scope of theinvention being indicated by the appended claim rather than by theforegoing description, and all modifications and variations as fallwithin the meaning and purview and range of equivalency of the appendedclaim are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

A deodorizing device of the class described comprising in combination, abody of deodorizing material, and a hanger device consisting of a stripof bendable metal having an intermediate part extending entirely throughthe body and out opposite sides thereof and opposite end portionsextending upwardly adjacent the outside of said opposite sides of thebody, one of said opposite end portions being in the form of a tongueand the other being provided with a slot, said tongue being engaged insaid slot adjacent the outside of the upper side of the body.

NICHOLAS A. G-LASKOWSKY.

